Comments on: They’re learning something in school, but what? http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/04/theyre-learning-something-in-school-but-what/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/04/theyre-learning-something-in-school-but-what/comment-page-1/#comment-24428 Ymarsakar Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:27:50 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3022#comment-24428 Check <a href="http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/05/sleep-deprivati.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> out Book, very funny. Check this out Book, very funny.

]]> By: Gringo http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/04/theyre-learning-something-in-school-but-what/comment-page-1/#comment-24426 Gringo Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:51:47 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3022#comment-24426 Yes, this was good entertainment. As a former math teacher, I liked a train problem being put in. In terms of incongruity, the ballet dancer and the dog win the contest. I liked Helen's contribution to the genre. Will there be "stupid simile" contests in the future? "It was a dark and stormy night, like trying to see through a shaken glass of Mississippi River water. " That's a twofer. Yes, this was good entertainment. As a former math teacher, I liked a train problem being put in. In terms of incongruity, the ballet dancer and the dog win the contest. I liked Helen’s contribution to the genre.

Will there be “stupid simile” contests in the future?
“It was a dark and stormy night, like trying to see through a shaken glass of Mississippi River water. ”

That’s a twofer.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/04/theyre-learning-something-in-school-but-what/comment-page-1/#comment-24424 Ymarsakar Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:59:33 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3022#comment-24424 This stuff is ingenious. This stuff is ingenious.

]]> By: Helen Losse http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/04/theyre-learning-something-in-school-but-what/comment-page-1/#comment-24422 Helen Losse Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:49:28 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3022#comment-24422 They write quite stupidly like scholars who don't want to be accused of plagiarism when using a simile. I bet they won't. :-) They write quite stupidly like scholars who don’t want to be accused of plagiarism when using a simile. I bet they won’t. :-)

]]> By: judyrose http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/04/theyre-learning-something-in-school-but-what/comment-page-1/#comment-24420 judyrose Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:33:40 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3022#comment-24420 When my husband and I first read these analogies, we really knew what kids mean when they text ROTFLUTS (rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak). Precisely! So I couldn't keep them to myself. Thanks for the link, and for spreading the laughter. I hope your readers like them. When my husband and I first read these analogies, we really knew what kids mean when they text ROTFLUTS (rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak). Precisely! So I couldn’t keep them to myself. Thanks for the link, and for spreading the laughter. I hope your readers like them.

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